# NTSB SEA66D0290: Cessna 172, N5008A, Camas Prairi, MT, June 5, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 5, 1966
- Place: Camas Prairi, MT · CAMAS PRAIRI, MT
- Location: 47.4627° N, 114.6071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Camas Prairie, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4627&lon=-114.6071&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171280
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66D0290
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66D0290

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1439   66/6/5    CAMAS PRAIRI MONT   CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 80 TOTAL
        TIME - 1700                    N5008A              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5008A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5008A-1968-07-09), registration cancelled 1968-07-09, S/N 28008 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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